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The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Dewsland FD64

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Information courtesy of Kevin Peters


		



  

  		


  

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    Technical
	

	




Official Number 127405


Yard Number 421


Gross Tonnage236


Net Tonnage93


Length120 ft


Breadth21.7 ft


Draught11.6 ft


Engine70 hp


Speed133.7 ft


Built byCochrane & Son, Selby, 1907


EngineT.3-cyl by Amos & Smith, Hull


OwnerJoseph A. Taylor, Fleetwood.







		

    History
	



		

    September 24 1907
Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.421) for William Jenkins & Co, Milford Haven as DEWSLAND.


November 1907
Completed. Registered at Milford (M220).


December 11 1913Manoeuvring in dock at Milford damaged stern, bulwarks and mizzen boom.


March 1915Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.2664).


1919Returned.


1919 Sold to Maurice Wilkins & George Moreland, Manchester (c/o Joseph A. Taylor, Fleetwood, manager).


1921Transferred to Aberdeen (Sam Isaacs (Aberdeen) Ltd, managers).


March 15 1923Sold to Gerald Kellon, Dunsfold (William F. Goodwin, Grimsby, manager).


1925Sold to Joseph A. Taylor, Fleetwood.


November 06 1925Milford registry closed.


November 09 1925Registered at Fleetwood (FD64).


Pre 1927Sold to Ples Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (W. A. Stonebanks & Son, managers).


February 12 1927In severe weather conditions stranded in Fleetwood channel.


Pre 1930Sold to Dewsland Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (W. A. Stonebanks & Son, managers).


October 27 1933Fishing off Tiree on hauling in gale force winds trawl became entangled with propeller.  Put in to Oban.


October 28 1933Divers cleared propeller.  Sailed Oban but shortly afterwards steam pipe fractured and returned to Oban for repair. 


1934Sold to Stanley Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. 


1936Sold to Alexander Keay, Fleetwood.


January 31 1941Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £6500.


June 1944Sold to Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull for £12000.


1945Renamed DERNA (H84).


1945Sold to East African Fisheries Ltd, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika Territory (Charles C. Johnston, London, agent)


1946Used as cargo vessel between Mombasa and Tanga.


July 22 1954Grounded on Niule Reef outside Tanga with cargo of petrol in cans.


August 27 1954Salved and towed into Tanga for discharge.


August 30 1954Towed to Mombasa.


September 14 1954Sank at moorings at Mtongwe, Mombasa. No salvage attempted and abandoned.